ABSTRACT
GROUPPREJUDICEANDSOCIALEDUCATION463 "]ews,""Catholics,""Babbitts,""Bible-Belters,""Long-Haired Professors,"orBigEndiansandLittleEndiansofanyotherlabel. AndthedevastatingeffectofsuchThey-waysofreadingeachparticularincidentpilesupintermsofthemultitudeofincidents whichcometosuperficialnotice,whichcomedevoidofany healthybacklogofcontactatfirsthandwithanadequatenumber ofpersonsoftheparticularThey-category;whichcomedevoid, aswell,ofanyhealthybacklogofrecurrentdiscoverythatthe sloganized"They"pictureshandeddownwithintheWe-group haveprovedwithsomeregularitywhentestedinactionandactual contacttobedistortedcalumnies.OnerecallsLincolnSteffens' amazementanddistressasthepoliticalbossesagainstwhomhe wascrusadingturnedoutsoregularlytobepeople-peoplewho insomanywaysplainlyearnedhisadmiration.Thustherapid modernincreaseof"news,"evenapartfromanydeliberatedistortion,becomeslessareducerthananincreaserofanygroupprejudiceswhichhavebecomeorganizedintointegratedandcurrent sloganizedwhole-patterns.Insomeaspectsthe"conquerorof distance"inthephysicalsensetendsrathertoincrease"social" gulfs.(Incontrast,someofthecontinuingradioprogramscan developcontactenoughwithgroupsdifferentfromoneselfto bridgegaps-ifonewillonlylistenregularlytosuchprograms depictingone'sThey-groups;asdosomeofthecomicstrips, whichIsuspectgetamuchlessselectiveaudience.)
Putthesethreefactorstogether:(1)whole-hogacceptance,if anyacceptanceatall-almostremovingtheacceptedindividual fromanypersuasivenessregardinghisstillwhollyunaccepted group.(2)Thedependenceofacceptanceonrecurrentandfavorablepersonalcontactinthecontextofafeltgroupofwhichboth theaccepteeandtheacceptorareworkingparts,andtherelative rarityofthoseconditions.(3)Thesetadverseanddifferential "type"interpretationofanysurfaceorsecondhandexperience, andtoday'smultiplicationofsuchexperience.
